What age is too young to tan?

A deeply tanned New Jersey mother accused of causing skin burns to her then 5-year-old daughter by taking her into a tanning booth pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a child endangerment charge. Patricia Krentcil, 44, told The Associated Press her daughter, who has since turned 6, got sunburned outside on an unseasonably warm day. She said her daughter, however, had mentioned to school officials when she complained of itching that she had been to a tanning salon with her mother.

What age is too young to tan?

No one age 12 or under should be artificially tanned. Send them out to play for hours if they look too pale.

No one under age 16. You learn to drive and be responsible.

It isn't age, but skin tone. Like a bar when you've had too much to drink, they should cut off power to the booth when you're too bronzed.